HBO's new sci-fi series, The Nevers, premiered on April 11, and fans are already hooked. The show prepare an intense supernatural mystery with its very start installment, leaving many wondering how many episodes of The Nevers will air this season.

Laura Donnelly and Ann Skelly in 'The Nevers' on HBO
Laura Donnelly and Ann Skelly in 'The Nevers' on HBO | Keith Bernstein/HBO

How many episodes is 'The Nevers'?

In 2018, HBO ordered a 10-episode flavour of the Joss Whedon production but later upped that number to 12. However, due to the pandemic, the season has been dissever into 2 parts.

"We knew the original was going to exist ten episodes long," HBO and HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys told The Wrap. "Nosotros were shut downwards by the pandemic through Episode 5."

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"In September, nosotros got support to shooting, finished Episode 5 and 6," he continued. "And at that place was kind of a natural narrative interruption at half-dozen. So that was the thought and so was to air half-dozen episodes. So at least we had something to put out there for subscribers and fans."

The start function, which striking HBO on April 11, will air with six episodes that volition drop weekly on Sunday nights. So fans can expect the mid-season finale to air on Sunday, May 16. A release engagement for Part 2 — which is also six episodes — has non nonetheless been announced.

What is 'The Nevers' about?

The Nevers follows a group of women living in Victorian London and begins manifesting superpowers with no explanation. Laura Donnelly plays Amalia True, a widow with psychic abilities who runs an orphanage for the "Touched" and takes information technology upon herself to protect them.

"In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people – more often than not women – who suddenly manifest aberrant abilities – some charming, some very disturbing," the HBO synopsis reads.

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"Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious, quick-fisted widow, and Penance Adair (Ann Skelly), a brilliant young inventor. They are the champions of this new underclass, making a domicile for the Touched while fighting the forces of… well, pretty much all the forces – to brand room for those whom history as we know information technology has no place."

Joss Whedon stepped down after Part 1 was complete

The Nevers was created, written, and produced by Whedon, who also directed three season-one episodes. Only in lite of the allegations of past directorial abuses against him, the showrunner decided to step down when Part 1 was consummate. In Nov 2020, he gave Cinemablend the following statement:

This year of unprecedented challenges has impacted my life and perspective in ways I could never have imagined, and while developing and producing The Nevers has been a joyful feel, I realize that the level of commitment required moving forwards, combined with the concrete challenges of making such a huge show during a global pandemic, is more than I can handle without the work offset to suffer. I am genuinely exhausted and am stepping dorsum to martial my energy towards my own life, which is also at the brink of exciting alter.

Joss Whedon, Cinemablend

After helming the kickoff part of season i, Whedon handed the reigns to Philippa Goslett. New episodes of The Nevers air Sundays on HBO and HBO Max.